Acanthosaura cardamomensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, NEANG, CHAV & HOLDEN, 2010
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Acanthosaura cardamomensis WOOD, GRISMER, GRISMER, NEANG, CHAV & HOLDEN 2010 Acanthosaura armata BOULENGER 1885: 301 Gonocephalus armatus crucigerus SMITH 1935:160–161 Acanthosaura crucigera DALTRY & CHENAG 2000: 100 Acanthosaura crucigera DALTRY & TRAEHOLT 2003: 99–100 Acanthosaura crucigera STUART & EMMETT 2006: 12–13 Acanthosaura cf. crucigera GRISMER et al. 2007: 221–222 Acanthosaura sp. GRISMER et al. 2008: 165 |
Distribution | Cambodia, Thailand (Cardamom Mountains), Vietnam (Phu Quoc Island) Type locality: 1400 h at 1,121 m elevation from Camp 2, Phnom Aural Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia (12°01’N, 104°09’E). |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: LSUHC 7447, adult female, collected on 5 August 2005 by Jesse L. Grismer, L. Lee Grismer & Perry L. Wood Jr. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large species (maximum SVL 149 mm in females, maximum SVL 133 mm in males) with a single long cylindrical spine above posterior margin of eye; large spine on occiput between tympanum and nuchal crest; tympanum naked, round; large rectangular rostral scale; dewlap present in males and females; females with dark coloration in the gular region; scales on flanks intermixed with randomly arranged clusters of larger keeled scales; nuchal crest present; 6–15 scales in nuchal diastema; vertebral crest composed of enlarged, pointed scales beginning at shoulder region continuing to ¾ down vertebral column then fading at base of tail; tail 120–160% of SVL; black collar and black eye patch present; posterior 2/3 of tail black to dark greenish; yellow to greenish spots on dorsum; dorsum light tan to dark green (Fig. 2; Table 5 compares these characters across all species of Acanthosaura). |
Comment | Distribution: see map in Trivalarat et al. 2020: 17 (Fig. 5). |
Etymology | The specific epithet cardamomensis is in reference to the type locality, the Cardamom Mountains. |
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